Metrist
The Living Force
I saw a video the other day, it was headlined something like - countries are no longer buying US weaponry...
I didn't watch it, but considered the context in which this might be so.
There is a battle in Ukraine, and the weapons are being evaluated in actual battle for all to see. Thus, US weaponry, or strategic uses aren't impressing potential buyers.
It might not be that Eastern weapons are necessarily better, but US weapons are outdated, wasteful, expensive. This war is revealing how outdated its shock and awe methods are. That success in battle is tied to how much you spend. And here we have drone technology undermining this selling point the US has showcased in all its invasions in previous years.
And then there are all those videos which draw attention to Russia using Iranian drones. If true, so what? All modern countries sell arms to other countries. It's a market.
So, all the arms makers have to return to the drawing board in light of battlefield advancements and outcomes of battle, and with the playing field level, the US would loose financially, as its arms market has never been challenged, and to deploy the best solutions is to use far less expensive methods, and that is not good for a profit driven lucrative US arms market.
And what would the US do if not make/sell arms?
I didn't watch it, but considered the context in which this might be so.
There is a battle in Ukraine, and the weapons are being evaluated in actual battle for all to see. Thus, US weaponry, or strategic uses aren't impressing potential buyers.
It might not be that Eastern weapons are necessarily better, but US weapons are outdated, wasteful, expensive. This war is revealing how outdated its shock and awe methods are. That success in battle is tied to how much you spend. And here we have drone technology undermining this selling point the US has showcased in all its invasions in previous years.
And then there are all those videos which draw attention to Russia using Iranian drones. If true, so what? All modern countries sell arms to other countries. It's a market.
So, all the arms makers have to return to the drawing board in light of battlefield advancements and outcomes of battle, and with the playing field level, the US would loose financially, as its arms market has never been challenged, and to deploy the best solutions is to use far less expensive methods, and that is not good for a profit driven lucrative US arms market.
And what would the US do if not make/sell arms?
